Organized by the European Urban Knowledge Network, the Polish Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the French National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT), the event “Driving a just Twin Transition” is dedicated to unpacking the concept of the Twin Transition. Throughout the event, speeches, presentations and panel sessions will delve into the main opportunities and challenges pertaining to the Twin Transition, including ensuring inclusive citizen engagement and fair access to digital and green urban infrastructure.
The Twin Transition, which entails both the green and the digital transition, has been at the top of political agendas in the European Union. While the green transition focuses on achieving sustainability and combating climate change, the digital transition is concerned with harnessing the power of emerging technologies to transform society for the better. These transitions are heavily intertwined and have been identified as a priority in the European Green Deal. The Twin Transition greatly depends on the ability of cities to be just and productive. This can be achieved through inclusiveness and greater access to green and digital infrastructure. While green infrastructure has the potential to offer solutions for climate challenges in cities, digital infrastructure can help bridge gaps between social groups. Failure to render the Twin Transition fair and inclusive would increase the risk of “green gentrification”, which could lead to the exclusion of cities’ most vulnerable residents.
NODES’ researcher Inian Moorthy has been invited to showcase the Urban ReLeaf project as part of a session entitled “Developing green and digital infrastructures in a fair and inclusive way”. His presentation will highlight how Urban ReLeaf is engaging citizens to render cities more just and liveable for all its inhabitants. Striving to mitigate the negative effects of climate change in 6 pilot cities, the project harnesses the potential of digital technologies to improve the quality of green infrastructure in especially vulnerable districts. Through a range of campaigns spanning air quality, green space perception and thermal comfort, citizen science is employed to advance the green and the digital transition, cooperating with all strata of society. Running from 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm, the panel will also include speakers from Krakow’s City Hall, the Czech Ministry of Regional Development and the Urban Community of Dunkerque.
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Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna